Robert Kyr (b. 1952) has composed twelve symphonies, three chamber symphonies, three violin concerti, chamber music, and numerous works for vocal ensembles of all types. His music has been widely performed, and he has been commissioned by many ensembles including Conspirare Company of Voices (Austin), Santa Fe Desert Chorale, Chanticleer (San Francisco), Cappella Romana (Portland), Sanford Dole Ensemble (San Francisco), Cantus (Minneapolis), San Francisco Symphony Chorus, Yale Camerata, Harvard Glee Club, Radcliffe Choral Society, Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum, Tapestry (Boston), Cappella Nova (Scotland), Revalia (Estonia), Putni (Latvia), Moscow State Chamber Choir (Russia), Ensemble PAN, Back Bay Chorale (Boston), Berkshire Symphony, New England Philharmonic, Oregon Symphony, and Yale Symphony, among many others. His primary recordings are his Violin Concerto Trilogy (New Albion; NA 126), Unseen Rain (NA 075), and The Passion according to Four Evangelists (NA 098), as well as pieces on compilation discs, including "Freedom Song" (Conspirare Company of Voices on Harmonia Mundi) and "From the Circling Wheel" and "Faces of a Woman" (Tapestry Vocal Ensemble on Telarc and MDG, respectively). Kyr holds degrees from Harvard (Ph. D., ’89), University of Pennsylvania (M. A., ’78), and Yale (B. A., ’74). Currently, he is Philip H. Knight Professor of Music at the University of Oregon School of Music, where he is chair of the composition department, and director of the Oregon Bach Festival Composers Symposium, Music Today Festival, and Vanguard Concert and Workshop Series. He is also President-elect of the University of Oregon Senate.